Research

Publications

1. Huang, H., K., Manova, Perello, O., and Pisch., F. (2026). Global Production Networks and Imperfect Competition. Forthcoming, Journal of International Economics. 

2. Chen, X., Huang, H., Ju, J., Sun, R. and Zhang, J. (2026). Endogenous Mobility in Pandemics: Theory and Evidence from the United States. Journal of International Economics. 

3. Carattini, S., Huang, H., Pisch, F., and Pratap Singh, T. (2026). Trade and the scopes of pollution: Evidence from China’s world market integration. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 

4. Huang, H., J., Ju, and Yue., V. (2026). Accounting for the Evolution of China’s Production and Trade Patterns. International Economic Review. -Media: VoxChina.  

5. Ge, C., Deng, H., Wu, D., Huang, H., & Dulebohn, J. H. (2026). Work Design, Work from Home, and Compensation Strategies in a Post-COVID World: Evidence from Online Job Postings. Human Resource Management.      

6. Dhingra, S., Freeman, R. and Huang, H. (2023), The Impact of Non-tariff Barriers on Trade and Welfare. Economica.

7. Ge, C., Huang, H., Wang, Z., Jiang, J., and Liu, C. (2022). Working from home and firm resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Operations Management. 

8. Chen, X., Huang, H., Ju, J., Sun, R., and Zhang., J. (2022). Impact of vaccination on the COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. states. Scientific Reports.

9. Dhingra, S., Huang, H., Ottaviano, G., Paulo Pessoa, J., Sampson, T. and Van Reenen, J. (2017). The costs and benefits of leaving the EU: trade effects. Economic Policy.  - Media Coverage: VoxEU, The Economist, The Times, and The Telegraph

Working Papers   

1. Price Discrimination, Backhaul Problems, and Trade Costs: Theory and Evidence from E-commerce Delivery (with Chunmian Ge, Chang Liu, and Wenji Xu)  R&R, Journal of International Economics.

2. Evading the Ban: Smuggling, Pollution, and the Welfare Effects of China's Waste Import Restrictions (with Yuyuan Yu), selected for the ISoT–2nd Edition (organized by the Journal of International Economics,  University of Geneva, the World Bank, and the CEPR). New!

3. Many Models, One Formula: A Sufficient Statistics Approach to Ricardian Comparative Advantage (with Gianmarco Ottaviano).

4. Revealing Ricardian Comparative Advantage with Micro and Macro Data (with Gianmarco Ottaviano).

5. Germs, Roads and Trade: Theory and Evidence on the Value of Diversification in Global Sourcing - Media Coverage: RES Media Briefings, Quartz. 

6. Pandemics, Global Supply Chains and Local Labor Demand: Evidence from 100 Million Posted Jobs in China (with Hanming Fang, Chunmian Ge, and Hongbin Li) - Media Coverage: VoxChina. 

7. Artificial  Intelligence and Firm Innovation: Evidence from Large Online Job Postings (with Huiqi Deng, Chunmian Ge, Qi Wang, and Sunil Mithas).

8. No-poaching Agreements and Entrepreneurship of IT Professionals: Evidence from the United States (with Binger Lin, Chunmian Ge, Qi Wang, and Sunil Mithas).

9. Supply Chain Complexity under Disruption: The Role of CEO Integrity during the COVID-19 Pandemic (with Chunmian Ge, Gengtao Tu, Huiqi Deng, Dongyuan Wu, Xiaoran Hu)

Work in Progress

1. Logistics Network, Trade Costs, and E-commerce in China: Theory and Evidence (with Chunmian Ge, Kalina Manova, and Daniel Yi Xu)

2. Geopolitical Blocs in Trade War (with Jiandong Ju, Qingqing Niu, and Zi Wang)

3. Remittances from Southeast Asia to China in the 20th Century: Evidence from 70,000 Letters (with Phacharaphorn Phanomvan)  [slides] [Documentary , Movie]

4. Economic Disintegration and Multinational Production: Evidence from Brexit (with Tatsuro Senga, Catherine Thomas, Hongyong Zhang) (preliminary draft)

5. Dam Good for Trade (with Yu-Hsiang Lei and Yan Lei)

Other Writing

1. The economic impact of Boris Johnson’s Brexit proposals (with M. Bevington, A. Menon, J. Portes, J. Rutter, T. Sampson).  Centre for Economic Performance, LSE; Oct 2019. - Media Coverage: The Guardian 

2. Disunited Kingdom? Brexit, trade and Scottish independence (with T. Sampson and P. Schneider). Centre for Economic Performance; Feb 2021. - Media Coverage: Bloomberg, FT, Independent, Reuters, Telegraph,  The Economist, The Week, and VoxEU

3. Industrial Development. (with F. Amodio et al.)  VoxDevLit, 22(1), February 2026.  - Media: VoxDev

Research Grants

1. City University of Hong Kong. Internal grant, PI. (2026 - 2027). 

2. Hong Kong Research Grant Council. GRF 11503222, PI. (2023 - 2025).

3. Hong Kong Research Grant Council. GRF 11501121, PI. (2022 - 2024).

4. Hong Kong Research Grant Council. ECS 21504720, PI.(2021 - 2022). 

5. City University of Hong Kong. Startup grant, PI. (2021 - 2023).